KJV King James Version
And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou send [it]?
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Genesis 38:17
And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou send [it]?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”
WEB World English Bible
He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he saith, ‘I—I send a kid of the goats from the flock.’ And she saith, ‘Dost thou give a pledge till thou send it?’
Surrounding context — Genesis 38
14 And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which [is] by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot; because she had covered her face.
16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
17 And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou send [it]?
18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that [is] in thine hand. And he gave [it] her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive [his] pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאָנֹכִ֛יH595 · a.no.khiIאֲשַׁלַּ֥חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departגְּדִֽי־H1423 · ge.dikidעִזִּ֖יםH5795 · ezgoatמִן־H4480 · minfromהַצֹּ֑אןH6629 · tsonflockוַתֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאִם־H518 · imifתִּתֵּ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveעֵרָב֖וֹןH6162 · a.ra.vonpledgeעַ֥דH5704 · adtillשָׁלְחֶֽךָ׃H7971 · sha.lachto send: depart
Cross-references
Genesis 38:20And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive [his] pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.Ezekiel 16:33They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.Proverbs 20:16Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Genesis 38:24-25And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.Luke 16:8And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
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